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Member Page: Richard W

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Richard W

Member ID: gatorbrit
Member Status: Free Member
Raleigh, USA   usa
Member Since: 2007-06-02
Home Site: The MG Experience
Last Login: 2010-08-24 05:56:53
Forum Activity: 2010-08-24 07:56:56
Forum Posts: 1,436

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Richard W 1977 MG MGB Porsche Royal Blue

1977 MG MGB
GHN5UH421661G


1 Vehicles -- Total mileage: 115,000 mi (185,075 km) -- Average age: 1977

Member Journal – Richard W's Journal

There are 4 total entries in this Journal.
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Engine Bay

Posted on: Wednesday June 18, 2008

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Pic of the engine bay

Starting Trouble

Posted on: Saturday June 9, 2007

I had noticed that sometimes that a turn of the ignition results in just a click and nothing else. Then another turn and the engine starts up as usual. I decided to try and figure out what was going on. From advice on the forum, I cleaned the battery cable terminals at the battery, and the starter solenoid. I also added another ground strap just to be sure that the engine was nicely grounded. Still the click. I put the battery on the charger and it showed that it was about 75% charg...

Wing Mirror...

Posted on: Tuesday June 5, 2007

The passenger wing mirror fell off today! I guess I'll be ordering a new bracket. I ordered a Weber 45 MCHH carb conversion kit for the car and apparently it will ship today.

New Car

Posted on: Monday June 4, 2007

I got my MGB on friday. Took it for a few short drives around the neighborhood. It runs great, although it runs too rich right now, black smoke and a smell of unburnt gasoline. The previous owner did a great job restoring the car, but couldn't get the carb tuned. The carb is a stock ZS. I was searching the forums and found a bolt on weber - MCHH that bolts on to the original manifold. Another member "magohn" had done the same thing and he told me that the swap went fine and the car run...



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